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Ganesh Consumer Products IPO to open on Sept 22, co looks to raise Rs 409cr
Kolkata: Ganesh Consumer Products looks to raise Rs 409 crore through an IPO, which will open on Sept 22 at a price band of Rs 306-Rs 322 per equity share. The offer will be a combination of fresh issue ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata hosts pioneering quantum science conference ICEQSM 2025
KOLKATA: Kolkata recently played host to the International Conference and Exposium on Quantum Sensing and Metrology (ICEQSM) 2025, a landmark event that brought together a global community of scientists, technologists, entrepreneurs, and students. Held at the Bose Institute Auditorium ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata couple’s 100-day Silk Route drive: Warm Uzbek welcome, mission on diabetes
KOLKATA: A couple from Kolkata, settled in England, who recently completed a 100-day overland journey from King's Lynn town in Norfolk county to Kolkata had meticulously prepared for the drive across 21 countries that retraced an ancient Silk Route. ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaFrom Sandakphu to Kolkata: SEI’s gruelling Pentathlon returns with trekking, rafting, sailing
KOLKATA: The gruelling biennial endurance event Pentathlon organised by Sea Explorers' Institute (SEI) that involves trekking, rafting, kayaking, rowing and sailing will be held from the Sandakphu, the highest point in Bengal at 3,636 m to Princep Ghat in ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaOne more fence comes up on AHSI premises to keep dogs in
Kolkata: Animal lovers and morning walkers discovered on Wednesday that the functionaries of Agri Horticulture Society of India (AHSI) had put up a new layer of barbed-wire fencing, preventing them from feeding the community dogs on the campus as ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata weather update: Rainy day with good air quality and tips for comfort
The data referenced in this weather report comes from , providing accurate measurements of Kolkata's current environmental conditions.Kolkata is experiencing moderate rainfall on , with temperatures ranging between and and humidity at . The city recorded good ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaFirst property circle rate hike for Kolkata in seven years to push up registration fee, stamp duty
KOLKATA: Property buyers in Kolkata and adjoining areas will have to pay higher stamp duty and registration fees with govt revising circle rates by 15% to 90%. The new rates came into force on Wednesday.Circle rate is the minimum ...
18 September 2025 Times of India61-yr-old forced off bus, robbed of 5.9L
Kolkata: A 61-year-old currency exchange vendor, Sk Haider, was assaulted and robbed by four men on Tuesday evening, after being forced off a mini-bus in Maidan on Kidderpore Road.Haider, a Garden Reach resident, was returning from his currency exchange ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaSubways, railings proposed to check New Town accidents
Kolkata: Bidhannagar Traffic Police, along with senior officials of NKDA and Hidco, conducted an inspection of the ‘black spots' on the main arterial and interior roads in New Town to address traffic improvement and safety issues on Wednesday. The ...
18 September 2025 Times of India1 dead, 30 hurt as bus carrying pilgrims from UP hits truck near Gurap
Burdwan/Singur: A man died and 30 passengers were injured after a bus carrying 60 pilgrims from UP's Balrampur to Gangasagar collided with a lorry on NH-19 near Hooghly's Gurap on Wednesday morning. Of the injured, 21 were critical and ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaPolice divers find slippers in pond where JU girl drowned
Kolkata: The divers deployed by the police on Wednesday found a pair of slippers in the water body where Jadavpur University student Anamika Mondal was found dead on Sept 11. Anamika's glasses and slippers were reported missing after her ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaBengal BJP celebrates Modi birthday, TMC netas wish him
Kolkata: The divide in Bengal politics was bridged for once on Wednesday with senior Trinamool netas wishing PM on his birthday and the state BJP organising various programmes to mark the occasion.Trinamool national general secretary wrote on ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaIn a 1st, snag blues hit Green Line riders as ops halt for 2.5 hours
Kolkata: After repeated disruptions on the Blue Line, the previously glitch-free Green Line encountered a snag on Wednesday, leaving commuters stranded during the morning rush-hour. Railway, which operates the city's rapid transit network, cited a technical issue in the ...
18 September 2025 Times of India50 tonnes of B’deshi hilsa arrive, to reach mkts today
Kolkata: Nearly 50 tonnes of Bangladeshi hilsa crossed the border to reach Petrapole in South 24 Parganas on Tuesday night and in the early hours of Wednesday, sparking excitement in markets where the fish will be sold from Thursday ...
18 September 2025 Times of India63,000 seats in 460 Bengal colleges on the block in UG admission last round
Kolkata: In the final round of undergraduate (UG) admissions, the centralised admission portal (CAP) published the final merit list for the mop-up round, with around 63,000 allotments across 460 colleges statewide.The CAP received over 1 lakh fresh applications for ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaIndian documentary on Bangla turmoil blocked on YouTube
Kolkata: The YouTube link to a Kolkata filmmaker's documentary on Bangladesh's July uprising is currently unavailable in India "because of an order from the govt related to national security or public order". This documentary, titled ‘36 July: States Versus ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaCalcutta University to receive LLB applications till Sept 25
Calcutta University (CU) has started receiving application forms for admission into its five-year BA LLB programme under the current academic session. The process, which started on Tuesday, will continue till Sept 25. This year, the admission process was delayed ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaJadavpur University students demand more women guards, clean toilets on campus
Kolkata: Jadavpur University (JU) students across the three faculties—arts, science, and engineering—raised some issues during their general body meeting on Monday. Among other demands, the students pressed for an increase in the number of female security personnel on the ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaChingrighata block 2nd trial after puja: Kolkata Police
Kolkata:Cops have decided to conduct a second trial for two weekend night traffic blocks at Chingrighata in Nov after . The traffic blocks will facilitate metro viaduct construction at the spot.Cops said the initial plan to carry out trials ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaVishwakarma Puja day: CU holds classes, PG counselling
Kolkata: Calcutta University observed Wednesday as a normal working day despite it being declared a state holiday for Vishwakarma Puja. But attendance remained low at several departments.A few departments held classes online.Departments, such as English, Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit, Arabic, ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaKP, Noida cops face off over fake police stn search
Kolkata: A jurisdictional tussle erupted between Beleghata PS cops and Noida police over a search operation, which culminated in a courtroom confrontation on Wednesday. The incident occurred when a team from the Noida Police arrived in Beleghata to search ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaDecomposed body parts of missing Birbhum girl found in ditch
Rampurhat: Decomposed body parts of a class 8 student, a tribal girl who went missing on August 28 after leaving home for tuition, was found in a ditch at Kalidanga in Rampurhat on Tuesday night.Manoj Kumar Pal, a physics ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaClip of TMC man thrashing headmaster inside school goes viral, neta held
Kolkata: A Trinamool neta was arrested after a video showing him apparently assaulting the acting headmaster on the campus of a state-run school in South 24 Parganas's Kakdwip went viral. The incident, which took place on Tuesday, involved ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaPocket pinch? Ahead of Bengal polls, EC worried over 14k ‘evidence’ EVMs
Kolkata: With as many as 14,000 EVMs kept under lock-and-key as part of evidence for election petitions, the is concerned over the shortage of voting machines for Bengal assembly polls, especially with booths increasing in 2026.If the EVMs ...
18 September 2025 Times of India58 teachers transferred to understaffed schools
Midnapore: To address disparity in teacher allocation in primary schools, West Midnapore district Primary Education Council on Tuesday reassigned 58 teachers from schools with surplus staff to those with only one teacher.Citing an example, DPSC chairman Animesh De said ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaCyber crooks invest fraud money in condos, luxury cars & watches
Kolkata: Duping gullible customers sitting thousands of kilometres away in the US and then buying luxury apartments, new cars, costly watches, jewellery and electronic gadgets — that is exactly how 10 men, nabbed by the detective department for allegedly ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaKite string kills Army veteran near Rahara
Kolkata: A 48-year-old former Army man working at Kolkata Airport died on Vishwakarma Puja day, after a Chinese manja string slit his throat on Kalyani Expressway near Rahara while he was on his way to the airport.The victim, Gautam ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaHarass, fraud plaints against Panskura hospital rape accused
Panskura: Multiple cases of harassment and fraud have surfaced against Sheikh Zahir Abbas who has been arrested for the alleged rape of a contractual employee at Panskura Super Speciality Hospital in East Midnapore on Sunday.Several female employees said they ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaApeejay Shipping expands fleet with acquisition of 2 Kamsarmax carriers
Kolkata: Apeejay Shipping, a prominent player in India's maritime industry and a subsidiary of Apeejay Surrendra Group, has announced the strategic acquisition of two state-of-the-art Kamsarmax bulk carriers — APJ Priya 2 and APJ Priti 2.These refurbished vessels, built ...
18 September 2025 Times of IndiaRain forces KMC road repair deadline extn
Kolkata: Fresh spells of rain have compelled the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to push back its deadline for the repair of the city's battered stretches of roads to Sept 18, a day before mayor Firhad Hakim inspects them. Earlier, ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata weather: Moderate rain with high humidity; AQI improves
Kolkata is experiencing on , with temperatures ranging from to and humidity at .The city's air quality shows significant improvement with an , categorized as , while wind speeds reach up to providing some relief ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaWife can't be denied maintenance just because she is earning: Calcutta HC
KOLKATA: Maintenance cannot be denied to a wife just because she herself earns, Calcutta High Court has said, adding that paying maintenance is a husband's social, legal and moral responsibility.Directing a jobless man to pay his estranged wife Rs ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaCourt to hear ED plea on Chandranath custody on Saturday
Kolkata: A special court will hear on Saturday ED's plea for the custody of Bengal minister Chandranath Sinha in the school jobs scam case.The ED lawyer submitted in the court on Tuesday that the agency had come across more ...
17 September 2025 Times of India4 die as car plunges into pond in Cooch Behar
Jalpaiguri: Four persons drowned after their car plunged in a pond in Cooch Behar in the early hours of Tuesday. Three of them were cousins.There were five passengers — all residents of Dinhata — in the car. While Sanjay ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaAnkush quizzed by ED
Kolkata: ED on Tuesday questioned actor in connection with the betting app probe. The agency had earlier interrogated actor and former MP in connection with the case. ED had sent Hazra a summons on Aug 30.ED has ...
17 September 2025 Times of India3 months left, Kol crosses 2024 organ donation count
Kolkata: In back-to-back organ donations in the city, two kidneys and the liver of a deceased former merchant navy officer were transplanted into three patients late on Monday night. Sources said all three transplant patients were recuperating well. With ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaDetective dept visits JU, measures fence, water body
Kolkata: The detective department of Kolkata Police on Tuesday took over the probe into the death of the Jadavpur University third-year English honours student, who died after falling into a water body on the campus on Thursday night, a ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaBengal CEO starts SIR training, spells out roadmap for scrutiny
Kolkata: Bengal's chief electoral officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal on Tuesday launched the training programme for the rollout of special intensive revision (SIR) of poll rolls in the state. It was attended by 3,500 officials, including district magistrates, additional DMs, ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaNew 131-bed Woodburn block to compete with corporate hosps
Kolkata: The state-run Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (IPGMER) is all set to provide corporate hospital-like facilities in its brand new unit, inaugurated by chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday. In line with its much-in-demand Woodburn ...
17 September 2025 Times of India‘No commission can dare touch Hindus, Indian Muslims’: Samik
Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya, in a social media post on Monday, said "no commission can dare touch Hindus and Indian Muslims," its timing coinciding with the Election Commission's full-scale preparations for the Bengal rollout of special intensive ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaEye on traffic flow, cops start pandal checks
Kolkata: Keeping the traffic moving in big Durga Puja zones—Behala, New Alipore, and Chetla—is what the police are hoping to achieve this festive season. As cops conducted their first major round of inspections of pandals on Tuesday, they checked ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaCop work worrisome, Cal HC transfers case to CID
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday lambasted the Joynagar police for not being able to nab 12 out of 14 accused in the 2023 Joynagar violence case, where houses of CPM supporters were set ablaze. "Three police stations are ...
17 September 2025 Times of India‘No illegality in implementation of pay panel salary revision by state’
Kolkata: Dismissing a writ petition by state-aided college teachers demanding that their salary revision under the come into effect from 2016 instead of 2020, Calcutta High Court on Tuesday held that the state can either adopt or rescind ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaFeverless flu with throat & body ache strikes hundreds across Kol
Kolkata: A ‘feverless influenza' with severe throat ache and body pain has struck hundreds in Kolkata over the last week. For many, a low fever has set in after three-four days but the throat pain, triggered by an upper ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaNegligence cry after man dies at metro stn
Howrah: A 51-year-old assistant engineer of WBSEDL, Biswajit Pakrashi, died at Howrah metro station on Tuesday morning. His colleague, who was also present, said Pakrashi did not receive medical treatment for 45 minutes due to poor reaction of authorities ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaPartha gets bail in Group C jobs scam
Kolkata: A special CBI court on Monday night granted bail to former Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in a case related to alleged irregularities in the recruitment of Group C staff for govt-aided schools.On September 3, the court in Alipore ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaKol agency only official Man U ticket reseller outside Europe
Kolkata: The sports vertical of a travel firm based in Kolkata has been appointed the only official reseller of Manchester United matches and events outside of Europe. This partnership marks a milestone for Gainwell Sports and the legion of ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaLeopard mauls Nagrakata boy; 3rd kill in less than 2 months
Jalpaiguri: A 13-year-old boy was killed by a leopard at Kherkata in Jalpaiguri's Nagrakata on Tuesday evening, reports Pinak Priya Bhattacharya. This is the second instance of leopard attack in the same area in 20 days, and the third ...
17 September 2025 Times of India‘Fake news,’ say police after BJP’s ‘noa’ charges
Kolkata: East Burdwan Police on Tuesday dismissed Bengal BJP's claims that SSC candidate Manisha Sikdar was asked to remove her iron bangle (noa) during the exam at Kalna Hindu Girls High School on Sunday. After Sikdar reported the matter, ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaBangla half-nod sets many hurdles for Padma-r ilish
Kolkata: The first consignment of Bangladeshi hilsa from the Padma-Meghna river system is expected to arrive in Kolkata on Thursday. The Mohammad Yunus-led interim govt has permitted 37 fish trading companies to export 1,200 tonnes of hilsa to India. ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaBiz down by 35%-45%, say kite-makers, blame it on frequent, heavy spells of rain
Kolkata: Kite-sellers have their fingers crossed as the see-saw between bright sunshine and sudden sharp spells of showers continue ahead of Vishwakarma Puja on Wednesday. They also said that they could prepare fewer number of kites and lower-quality manja ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaIn a first in India, Bengal maps twin wolf corridors near industrial town Durgapur
Kolkata: After elephant corridors, Bengal has successfully mapped two wolf corridors — a first such initiative — decoding movement patterns of urban wolves near industrial town Durgapur, less than 200 km from Kolkata.Not only in Bengal, such a corridor-mapping ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaTCPL to pass on tea price reduction benefits to consumers
Kolkata: Tata Consumer Products Limited (TCPL) will pass on the benefits of lower tea auctions to consumers, the company's president of packaged beverages, India and South Asia, Puneet Das, said on Tuesday.Speaking at the launch of Tata Tea Gold's ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaCal HC set to hear pleas against axe on incentives in Nov
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court is likely to take up in Nov multiple petitions against the Bengal govt's decision to discontinue the West Bengal Incentive Schemes.Several industry majors have moved separate pleas against the decision in the high court, ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata airport staff get lessons on handling passengers with special needs
Kolkata: Airline staff and approximately 50 CISF personnel at Kolkata airport, who screen and frisk passengers, were sensitised and provided lessons on how to handle passengers with special needs, mobility issues, autism, and speech impairments ahead of the high-traffic ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaMetro AC set to go green with new tech
Kolkata: Metro Railway has secured a work order to upgrade the AC systems and tunnel ventilation along the 16 km Belgachhia-Rabindra Sarobar section. The implementation of green technology is expected to preserve 18 crore litres of groundwater annually and ...
17 September 2025 Times of IndiaDurga Puja breather for New Market hawkers
Kolkata: Call it a puja breather for the New Market hawkers. Two-and-a-half months after a successful joint operation by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation and the police to clear carriageways in and around New Market, hawkers returned to reclaim their ...
17 September 2025 Times of India‘He threatened to kill me’: Staffer alleges rape by manager at West Bengal hospital
PANSKURA: A female contractual worker at Panskura Super Specialty Hospital in East Midnapore was raped by a facility manager employed by a private company, police said on Monday.She alleged, "He was constantly pressuring me for a physical relationship and ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaWhat to expect from prenatal yoga: A guide to yoga for expecting moms
Prenatal yoga is usually seen as a gentle, slow-paced practice to support physical and emotional changes during pregnancy. But for Sneha Ghosh, it was never about slowing down. Certified yoga instructor specialising in Ashtanga and Hatha yoga** and model, ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaRain floods central & N Kol, more in store for next 2 days
Kolkata: The city received multiple spells of showers that pulled the maximum temperature below the 30°C mark on Monday. Even though the rain was moderate, it led to waterlogging in some parts of central and north Kolkata. The showers ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata weather: High humidity, rain expected today; AQI improves
Kolkata's weather forecast for , indicates moderate rain showers throughout the day, with temperatures ranging between and . The city recorded a yesterday, according to Indian standards, with the rainy conditions expected to influence today's air quality.The ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaKMC makes visitor car parks must in residential projects over 53,000 sq ft
Kolkata: All residential projects with built-up area of 5,000 sq m or a little over 53,000 sq ft in Kolkata will have to mandatorily provide parking for visitors, KMC has ruled. Earlier, projects twice the size, that is 10,000 ...
16 September 2025 Times of India1 dead, 2 injured as biker making Insta reel crashes
Kolkata: A cyclist was killed, and two others on a motorcycle are fighting for their lives in hospital after the biker crashed into the cyclist near Eco Park in New Town while making an Instagram reel video and attempting ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaDurga Puja gate culture cashes in on ads but chokes Kolkata roads
Kolkata: Come the festive season, and Kolkata's roads begin sprouting towering decorative gates — colourful archways draped in cloth, lights, and giant banners. While their stated aim is to enhance the festive spirit, the hidden motive is to secure ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata has ‘greenest’ AC usage among 7 metros, finds study
Kolkata: Ahead of World Ozone Day on Sept 16, a first-of-its-kind national survey by International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iFOREST) revealed striking city-wise patterns in India's booming residential air conditioning (RAC) sector. The survey places Kolkata at ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaPolice register murder FIR after JU girl’s dad visits Lalbazar, meets CP
Kolkata: Four days after the death of Jadavpur University student Anamika Mondal, who drowned in a campus pond last week, cops registered a murder case on Monday after her father met police commissioner Manoj Verma at Lalbazar. He was ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaForm new SSKM team to report on Khejuri deaths: HC
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the state health department to form a medical board at SSKM Hospital to assess the injuries on the two men from East Midnapore's Khejuri who were victims of unnatural death and ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaBack in the AFC mix, Molina’s Bagan have a point to prove
Kolkata: Asia is calling Mohun Bagan Super Giant again. However, as Jose Molina's team is preparing to launch their AFC Champions League Two campaign with a home match against Turkmenistan's Ahal FK here on Tuesday, one could go back ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaDeadline ends, 1/3rd of rooftops submits bond
Kolkata: The KMC buildings department has asked cops to keep a close watch on the rooftop restaurants that are yet to submit an indemnity bond for the reopening of their establishments, the deadline for which expired on Monday. But ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaIn farewell speech, HC CJ highlights workload issues
Kolkata: Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam on Monday said the HC collegium recommended 17 names for the posts of Calcutta High Court judges, highlighting the enormous workload on the judges due to vacancies. CJ Sivagnanam would be succeeded by ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaPvt med colleges reel under attendance ‘scam’
Kolkata: A new attendance ‘scam', relating to biometric impersonation of faculty me-mbers, has been reported at private medical colleges in the state in the past three months. Faculty members are reportedly forging the face-based Aadhaar authentication system to be ...
16 September 2025 Times of India23 caught cheating in Army test
Kolkata: Twenty-three candidates were detained in Barrackpore on Monday after allegedly being caught using Bluetooth-enabled devices during an Army recruitment exam for Group C (tradesmen) posts. The invigilators at Kendriya Vidyalaya School in Barrackpore Cantonment confiscated the gadgets from ...
16 September 2025 Times of India23 caught cheating in Army test
Kolkata: Twenty-three candidates were detained in Barrackpore on Monday after allegedly being caught using Bluetooth-enabled devices during an Army recruitment exam for Group C (tradesmen) posts. The invigilators at Kendriya Vidyalaya School in Barrackpore Cantonment confiscated the gadgets from ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaResolve issues with UDID cards: HC
Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Monday asked the counsels for persons with disabilities to sit with the state counsel and the officer concerned to redress the grievances in the Unique Disability Identity (UDID) cards, particularly for patients with rare ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaTMC MP visits Sunali’s family in Birbhum, assures of return
Kolkata: Trinamool MP and West Bengal Migrant Workers' Welfare Board chairperson Samirul Islam on Monday visited the Paikar (Birbhum) residence of Sunali Khatun, the 26-year-old who is now in Chapai Nawabganj jail in Bangladesh along with her minor son ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaFormer CPM neta Prasenjit Basu joins Congress
Kolkata: Former member Prasenjit Basu joined on Monday. Ghulam Ahmed Mir, Congress's Bengal minder, said, "He (Basu) was one of the prominent netas in the state who was vocal against the theft of votes. He joined Congress ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaAbhinandan Sethi named SPML Infra MD
Kolkata: SPML Infra appointed Abhinandan Sethi, son of promoter Subhash Chandra Sethi, managing director for a five-year term. The move marks a generational shift. Abhinandan was earlier the chief operating officer. He will now lead the company's business strategy, ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaIn Bengal SIR prep, EC to begin training of ADMs & EROs today
Kolkata: The Election Commission will begin the training of additional district magistrates (ADMs) and electoral registration officers (EROs) from Tuesday for launching the special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls in Bengal soon. The ADMs and EROs will further ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaJU plans fenced ponds, time limits, more lights
Kolkata: Jadavpur University (JU) on Monday decided to install more street lights on the campus, put proper fencing around water bodies, fix a time until when students can stay on the campus and locate zones where students cannot sit ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaBJP asks Bengal unit to launch outreach during puja
Kolkata: The BJP leadership has asked its Bengal unit to engage in a mass contact programme during Durga Puja to counter claims by Trinamool that Bengalis from Bengal are being harassed in states governed by the saffron party, sources ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaIllegal building demolition has nothing to do with its age: HC
Kolkata: The demolition of an illegal building had nothing to do with its age, the Calcutta High Court held on Sept 12, refusing to interfere with a demolition order for a house in Baguiati, built between 1961 and 1970."The ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaLate runs, crowded rakes: Mon blues on Blue Line of Kolkata Metro
Kolkata: Blue (North-South) Line metro commuters were on tenterhooks on Monday, given the repeated metro disruptions last week. The authorities tried their best to cope with passenger rush but punctuality issues continued to disrupt services.On Monday afternoon, some commuters ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaPara to fete voice behind Mahalaya mornings
Kolkata: The voice behind ‘Mahisasurmardini', Birendra Krishna Bhadra, will be honoured by his own para this puja. Uttar Kolkata Sarbojanin Durgotsav has chosen him as their pandal theme to pay tribute to the narrator on his 120th birth anniversary. ...
16 September 2025 Times of India2-hr traffic trial passes off smoothly at Chingrighata
Kolkata: Traffic trials were successfully conducted at the Chingrighata crossing on Saturday midnight. Cops have decided to keep the Chingrighata flyover closed on the days the crossing will be cordoned off to make way for girder-launching for Orange Line ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaTraffic curbs on Setu affect LPG supply in Kol, two districts
Kolkata: Traffic restrictions on Vidyasagar Setu have allegedly disrupted the supply of LPG cylinders in Kolkata and Howrah and Hooghly districts. The movement of LPG cylinder-carrying vehicles are restricted on the bridge from 6 am to midnight due to ...
16 September 2025 Times of IndiaFIR after woman accuses delivery person of assault, molestation
Kolkata: A woman in Rajarhat lodged a police complaint against a delivery person, accusing him of threatening and assaulting her after she lodged a complaint against him on an e-tail platform for not delivering a product she ordered for ...
16 September 2025 Times of India‘Friends might have killed my daughter’: JU student's father to lodge murder plaint; 4 under questioning
KOLKATA: The father of Jadavpur University student Anamika Mondal, who drowned in a campus pond on Thursday, said on Sunday he would lodge a murder complaint. He said her friends might have forced her to drink alcohol and pushed ...
15 September 2025 Times of IndiaWest Bengal: One injured in bomb explosion; 3 detained
NEW DELHI: A man was severely injured in a bomb explosion in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, and three persons were detained in this connection, the police said on Monday.The incident took place on Sunday night in the Raninagar area ...
15 September 2025 Times of India3 kids of a family die while asleep as fire guts home in Murshidabad
Murshidabad: Three children, two twin boys and their sister, died in a fire in Murshidabad's Bhanganpara early Sunday morning.Police said a fire broke out at the house of one Swoyon Sheikh. He was not at home, but his wife ...
15 September 2025 Times of IndiaKolkata weather: High humidity with rain; AQI improves
Kolkata is experiencing continuous moderate rainfall on , with temperatures ranging between , accompanied by high humidity of .The city's air quality index () stood at yesterday, falling in the moderate category, while today's persistent rain may help ...
15 September 2025 Times of IndiaLighting up Kolkatas heritage through citizens' initiative
KOLKATA: Kolkata Restorers, a crowd-funding initiative by a citizens' group in love with Kolkata and its heritage, has illuminated 94 buildings across the city since its inception in November-2023, demonstrating a citizen-driven approach to preserving the city’s heritage. The ...
15 September 2025 Times of IndiaBlip in Kolkata medicine supply ahead of GST change; pharmacies delay purchases, stocks to normalise
KOLKATA: Medicine supply has suddenly hit a bump in the city as retailers and manufacturers wait for the new GST rates to kick in from Sept 22. Tax on all medicines have been reduced to 5% from 12%, while ...
15 September 2025 Times of IndiaFemale literacy drives decline: Bengal’s TFR drops 17.6%, urban rate lowest in India
KOLKATA: Bengal's Total Fertility Rate (TFR) has dropped by 17.6 % over the past decade, according to the Sample Registration Survey (SRS)'s Sept report, which also cites a literacy level among women in the 15-49 age group in the ...
15 September 2025 Times of IndiaPuja committees back ‘buy-local’ drive to help rural artisans
Kolkata: Around 10 Durga Puja committees on Sunday bought handicrafts from a Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BNCCI)-organised fair to support artisans of rural Bengal. Several puja organisers, including Tarun Sangha, South Kolkata Samaj Sebi, Shyampukur Street ...
15 September 2025 Times of IndiaBoyfriend held for RG Kar jr doc death in Malda
Malda: The boyfriend of RG Kar junior doctor Anindita Soren, who allegedly committed suicide, was arrested and taken into police custody for seven days on Sunday. Police had detained him on Saturday evening for interrogation. Soren had died on ...
15 September 2025 Times of IndiaTraffic curbs on Setu affect LPG supply in Kolkata, two disricts
Kolkata: Traffic restrictions on Vidyasagar Setu have allegedly disrupted the supply of LPG cylinders in Kolkata and Howrah and Hooghly districts. The movement of LPG cylinder-carrying vehicles are restricted on the bridge from 6 am to midnight due to ...
15 September 2025 Times of IndiaRain fails to keep puja shoppers away on last Sun before Mahalaya
Kolkata: An overcast sky with spells of rain failed to deter shoppers who flocked to malls, high-street shops, and hawking hubs on Sunday. Mahalaya, when early birds begin pandal hopping, falls on next Sunday.South City, Acropolis, Quest, and the ...
15 September 2025 Times of IndiaSalt Lake’s pandals plan to turn spotlight on Bangaliyana
Kolkata: A number of puja pandals in Salt Lake will have ‘Bangaliyana' as the theme this year, highlighting Bengali language, literature and culture. This comes in the backdrop of CM Mamata Banerjee starting a language movement to defend Bengali ...
15 September 2025 Times of IndiaReschedule fuel stop in Kolkata, airport tells Air India
Kolkata: Keen to expedite crucial maintenance work on the primary runway and complete it before the onset of winter, Kolkata airport authorities have requested Air India to consider rescheduling or relocation of the technical halt of its flights from ...
15 September 2025 Times of India45k from outside among 5.6 lakh SSC examinees
Kolkata: Out of 5.6 lakh examinees for the second state-level selection test (SLST), 44,879 were from other states, said state education minister Bratya Basu on Sunday. Merit lists for the second state-level selection test (SLST) will be published along ...
15 September 2025 Times of India